Byte Academy x Startupbootcamp FinTech Festival Hackathon

Byte Academyis a leader in industry-oriented technology online education originally headquartered in New York City with additional campuses in Bangalore and Mumbai, India. Byte Academy offers workshops on a variety of technical and business topics.  These include those related to data science, FinTech, blockchain and careers.  Also, Byte Academy offers full and part-time coding bootcamp programs in full-stackPython software developmentandData Science.Byte Academy established the first Python full-stack software development coding bootcamp in New York City and the first FinTech program in the world.  Its blockchain program was featured in Bloomberg.Please email info@byteacademy.co for details.

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<A HREF="http://www.byteacademy.co" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Byte Academy</A>, the first FinTech programme school, together with leading accelerator <A TITLE="Startupbootcamp FinTech" HREF="https://www.startupbootcamp.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Startupbootcamp FinTech</A>, have teamed up to throw a kick-off hackathon, leading to Singapore's first ever week-long global FinTech Festival and celebrating Byte Academy’s Singapore launch.
Developers, entrepreneurs, designers, business minds and creatives will team up to create FinTech solutions. Register your interest now!
Tweet us <A HREF="https://twitter.com/byteacademyco?lang=en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@byteacademyco</A> <A HREF="https://twitter.com/sbcfintech" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sbcfintech</A> or use the hashtag #SGFinTechHack to gear up!
 
THE CHALLENGE: Participants will choose from a series of problem statements from 5 major categories that are also being solved in the 10-week <A HREF="http://www.fintechfestival.sg/hackcelerator/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Global Hackcelerator</A>. These are:
<OL STYLE="text-align: justify;">
<LI>Fraud (6,9,12,30)</LI>
<LI>Compliance (11,13,15, 95)</LI>
<LI>Efficiency (8,20,43,94,99)</LI>
<LI>Insurance (22,31)</LI>
<LI>Financial Inclusion (39, 41)</LI>
</OL>
** Numbers link up to the individual problem statements in <A HREF="http://www.fintechfestival.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Hackcelerator-Problem-Statements.pdf" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Global Hackcelerator problem statements document</A>.
 
SCHEDULE: 
<UL STYLE="text-align: justify;">
<LI>Friday Evening, November 11 -  Registration, welcome, and networking event</LI>
<LI>Saturday, November 12 -  Sunday, November 13 - Teams hack away with visits from mentors, food and more</LI>
<LI>Sunday, November 13 - Hackathon concludes, each team pitches to the judges and audience members. </LI>
</UL>
**schedule is subjected to changes without prior notice. 
 
PRIZES: Including FinTech Festival passes, hotel stays, cash prizes and tech gadgets from <A HREF="http://www.xignite.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Xignite</A>, Byte Academy scholarships, more 
 
About <A HREF="http://www.byteacademy.co" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Byte Academy</A>: Byte Academy is a leader in industry-oriented technology education with courses in Python software development, FinTech (Financial Technology), Data Science, Blockchain and MedTech. Byte Academy established the first FinTech programme in the world and the first Python fullstack software development bootcamp in New York City, where it is headquartered. It has a second campus in Singapore.
Byte Academy is recognized for its small classes, career services and sense of community. Students hail from all over the world including countries such as Australia, Chile, Finland, Siberia, and Tunisia. Byte has brought thousands together from diverse backgrounds around the globe via its hackathons, conferences, founders’ talks, meetups and other events.
Byte Academy is proud to be the <A HREF="http://www.fintechfestival.sg/partners/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Education Partner</A> for Singapore's inaugural FinTech Festival and will be holding "Byte Learning" workshops during the <A HREF="http://www.fintechfestival.sg/event/fintech-conference/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FinTech Conference</A> (16 - 17 November at Singapore Expo). Check out <A HREF="http://www.byteacademy.co" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.byteacademy.co</A> to learn more. 
 
About <A HREF="https://www.startupbootcamp.org/accelerator/fintech-new-york/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Startupbootcamp FinTech</A>: Launched in 2014, Startupbootcamp FinTech is the leading FinTech accelerator, and the only programme of its kind to attract such wide industry support. Based in London, New York and Singapore, its partners include MasterCard, Thomson Reuters, Accreditation@IDA, Intesa Sanpaolo, DBS Bank, RHB Bank, CIMB Bank, PwC, ThinkZone, Infocomm Investments, Jungle Ventures and Pix Vine Capital, as well as an extensive mentor and alumni network from more than 50 countries across the globe. The accelerator offers FinTech startups access to world class industry expertise during an intensive three month programme. At the end of the programme, startups pitch at Demo Day to more than 500 investors and individuals from financial services.
 
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Hackathon Partners:
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Startupbootcamp Partners:
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